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Morton Newton

Panthers

Tigers

The Newton (MS) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral playoff game against Morton (MS) by a score of 62-56.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Morton	-	-	-	-	56
Newton	-	-	-	-	62

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Box Score
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Game Stats

Morton (11-12)

Morton has not entered stats for this game.

Newton (11-12)

Newton

Scoring/Shooting: Points, Field Goals, and Three-Pointers

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	3FGM	3FGA	3FG%
	Team Totals	62	15	47	32	4	25	16
3	Markeyla Bender (So)	0	0	3	0	0	3	0
10	T. Lloyd (Fr)	10	3	6	50	2	5	40
20	Tynika Bender (Sr)	29	5	14	36	2	8	25
23	Zenobia Bracey (So)	1	0	9	0	0	9	0
31	Britney Johnson (Sr)	4	2	2	100
33	Shafony Blalock (Sr)	16	5	11	45
34	S. McCelendon (Jr)	2	0	2	0

Newton

Scoring/Shooting: Two-Pointers and Free Throws

#	Athlete Name	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%
	Team Totals	11	22	50	28	47	60
10	T. Lloyd (Fr)	1	1	100	2	3	67
20	Tynika Bender (Sr)	3	6	50	17	25	68
23	Zenobia Bracey (So)				1	2	50
31	Britney Johnson (Sr)	2	2	100	0	2	0
33	Shafony Blalock (Sr)	5	11	45	6	11	55
34	S. McCelendon (Jr)	0	2	0	2	4	50

Newton

Rebounds, Assists, Steals and Turnovers

#	Athlete Name	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	Asst	Stls	TO
	Team Totals	14	18	32	7	11	10
3	Markeyla Bender (So)	1	2	3	2	2	1
10	T. Lloyd (Fr)		4	4		1	1
20	Tynika Bender (Sr)	1		1	2	5	4
23	Zenobia Bracey (So)		2	2	2	2	1
31	Britney Johnson (Sr)	1	2	3			1
33	Shafony Blalock (Sr)	10	5	15	1	1	2
34	S. McCelendon (Jr)	1	3	4			1

Game Story

Mississippi High School Basketball - Newton holds off Morton

February 16, 2012: Morton, MS 39117

Newton Tigers (Newton, MS) backers were in high spirits Thursday as they witnessed their basketball squad nip the host Morton Panthers (Morton, MS), 62-56 in a non-league bout.

With the win, Newton upgrades its record to 16-13 on the season. The Tigers host Southeast Lauderdale (Meridian, MS) to play the Tigers in a non-league bout on Friday, February 17. The Tigers go into the bout with a record of 23-8. Southeast Lauderdale won 69-44 in their recent non-league bout against Crystal Springs (Crystal Springs, MS)

Rankings & Records

Morton (11-12)

National	MS	Reg.
5,191	74	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-8	8-2	7-1	6-3	3-4	.667	.800	1,141	925

Newton (11-12)

National	MS	Reg.
4,786	71	12

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
16-14	7-3	5-3	10-7	1-4	.533	.700	1,509	1,435

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Morton	11.0	12.0	12.3	14.0	47.5
Newton	8.9	12.5	9.4	12.0	50.3

Team Stat Comparison

Morton		Newton
40.9	Points Per Game	49.4
24.9	Rebounds Per Game	27.6
6.5	Assists Per Game	9.6
10.0	Steals Per Game	11.1
1.9	Blocks Per Game	1.7

Team Leaders

Morton		Newton	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#20 Tynika Bender18.1	4.2
-	Rebounds Per Game	#22 Henreka Ooten9.3	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#20 Tynika Bender4.5	.8
-	Steals Per Game	#20 Tynika Bender3.9	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#22 Henreka Ooten1.6	.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Morton	1-3		Newton	2-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/10/11	Bay Springs	Morton	(W) 49-27	1/14/12	Newton	Bay Springs	(L) 44-39
11/17/11	Morton	Lake	(L) 40-36	12/9/11	Newton	Lake	(W) 52-27
12/2/11	Morton	Southeast Lauderdale	(L) 64-53	12/12/11	Newton	Southeast Lauderdale	(L) 65-54
				1/20/12	Newton	Southeast Lauderdale	(L) 48-39
				2/9/12	Southeast Lauderdale	Newton	(L) 63-52
				2/17/12	Southeast Lauderdale	Newton	(L) 68-61
1/6/12	Morton	Scott Central	(L) 55-44	11/10/11	Newton	Scott Central	(W) 47-45
				11/30/11	Newton	Scott Central	(L) 52-38

Record Breakdown

Morton (11-12)		Newton (11-12)
16-8	Overall	16-14
8-2	League	7-3
6-2	Non-League	5-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	2-6
7-1	Home	5-3
6-3	Away	10-7
3-4	Neutral	1-4
1-1	Playoff	2-2
16-8	In-State	16-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-2